Contains 46 songs in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish, with word-for-word translations, IPA transcriptions, English singing translations and commentary about the songs and composers.

Contents:

ENGLISH:
Take, O take those lips away........ Mrs. H.H.A. Beach
The lass that loves a sailor............................C. Didbin
I have twelve oxen........................................ J. Ireland
Spring sorrow............................................... J. Ireland
The minstrel boy.............................. (Arr.) A. Leyerle
The treasure chest...................................... W. Leyerle
Now sleeps the crimson petal.......................R. Quilter
Bright is the ring of words.........R. Vaughan Williams

FRENCH:
Quand li roussignol joli...................... C. DeCoucy
Lamento...................................................... H. Duparc
Pholoé............................................................. R. Hahn
Buvons bien................................................. V. D’Indy
Nicolette........................................................ M. Ravel
La statue de bronze......................................... E. Satie
Daphénéo.........................................................E. Satie
Le chapelier..................................................... E. Satie
Chanson à manger........ (Arr. Weckerlin) C. Lemaire

GERMAN:
Der Kuss.......................................... L. van Beethoven
Die Mainacht............................................... J. Brahms
Nur ein Gesicht auf Erden lebt.....................J. Brahms
Lob der Faulheit............................................ J. Haydn
Liebst du um Schönheit............................... G. Mahler
An die Musik............................................. F. Schubert
Verborgenheit..................................................H. Wolf

ITALIAN:
L’Immago tua............................................. E. Astorga
Tu fai la superbetta................................... W. Defesch
O del mio amato ben................................. S. Donaudy
Lascia ch’io pianga.................................. G.F. Handel
Nebbie.......................................................O. Respighi
Star vicino..................................(Attributed)...S. Rosa
‘A vucchella................................................ F.P. Tosti
L’alba sepàra della luce l’ombra.................. F.P. Tosti

RUSSIAN:
The statue of Tsarskoe Selo.............................. C. Cui
If deceits of life are numbing.............................C. Cui
Doubt........................................................ M.I. Glinka
Classic...............................................M. Moussorgsky
As the fair skies, your eyes are shining
....N. Rimsky-Korsakov
Spring............................................... P.I. Tchaikovsky
SPANISH:
Del salón en el ángulo oscuro.......................I. Albéniz
Polo....................................................M. Garcia (Père)
Mañanica era............................................ E. Granados
Canto de la trilla...........................................J. Inzenga
Haur gaixua lo eta, lo (Basque).........(Arr.) A. Leyerle
Seguidillas Manchegas..................... (Arr.) A. Leyerle
Madre, la mia madre...................................... A. Vives
El curro marinero........................................ S. Yradier

"...the Leyerles have published another excellent collection of songs... a welcome expansion of available literature... great for most teaching studios... This collection of 46 songs is a real bargain!"
Walter Martin (Review of first edition)
The NATS Bulletin, [now Journal of Singing]May/June 1985

207 Pages Comb-Binding Medium to High Range

ISBN 1-878617-17-6